We are reading a book by Toni Morison called Sula in the book a mother kills her son after he comes back after fighting in the war and has a addiction to drugs. After discussing this fact the teacher asked us to write of all the ways it was moral or immoral for the character to kill her son. After writing stuff down we discussed it and someone said it was ok to kill her son because he can not take care of himself.
It hit me like a fist I am 20 years old and still live at home. Many people with disabilities spend their adult lives under supervision of others. Dose this mean that we all should die. I asked the teacher and told her to erase the point that it was invalid yet she left it up there. I know the character was once able bodied and had regressed to a infant level but that sould not mean death right. I voiced my option and ended class on a high note with laughter
Tuesday: I went to an online support group for people with CP. ( IF you want to know what group message me below) I then saw this link to a research of scientist trying to stop brain damage which results in CP. Now i am 100 percent against that abortion because of disabilities is wrong and i am not supper religious. This is not right what they are trying to do to my disability. Why used the word damage or broken. I am not broken because of my disabilities. I have speech differences and movement differences and behavior differences, yet i am not broken far from it.
As a young person i am trying to find my place in the world and how is anyone with disabilities supposed to develop good self esteem if scientist are saying that I was a mistake that should be avoidable with science . Having a disability is a part of me I do not know differently. Do I wonder what its like not to have a disability? sometimes yes. Would I want a cure for CP?No way. I know I do not know what it feels like not to have a disability but come on guys you mean to tell me that it the best thing in the world doesn't everyone have problems. struggles.
I wish if science was being done to help people with disabilities speak, move learn easier instead of abortion. I wish people without disabilities would stop lowing the achievement bar for us. that would make a bigger difference.
What do u all think
